Face-steaming apparatus



0. A. WEISSENBORN,

FACE STEAMING APPARATUS.

N0. 571,587. Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

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OSCAR A. EISSENBORN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FACE-STEAM I NG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,587, dated November17, 1896.

Applicati filed March 12, 1396. Serial No. 582,888- (No model!) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I,Osoan A. WEIssnnBonN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFace-Steaming Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus to be used for the purpose ofsubjecting the face of a person to the action of a steam or vapor bath,with aview to cleanse the pores of the skin and thus beautify thecomplexion; and it consists of certain novel features of constructiontending to produce various advantageous results in the use of theapparatus, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Hy invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a vertical central section of the apparatus as itappears when in use. Fig. ll represents a side view of the apparatuslooking in the direction of the opening of the face-inclosiug hood. Fig.III represents a horizontal section of a portion of the apparatus, takenapproximately on the line m, Fig. I. Fig. IV represents a verticalcentral section of a portion of the apparatus intended to receive themedicament detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in each of thefigures.

The letter A indicates a vessel of sheet metal or other similarmaterial, and in this example of cylindrical shape, constituting thebody of the apparatus. This vessel A, which may be denominated thesteaming vessel, has a perforated false bottom B and a centralsteam-outlet tube 0, rising from said false bottom therein, this tubethus communicating with the space between said false bottom and the mainbottom of the vessel. On the upper edge of the steaming vessel A isformed a flaring mouth A, and surmounting this month is a hood E, ofmuslin or other fibrous or textile material, in which hood is formed anopening F of a proper size and shape to permit the entrance of the headof a person and also usually one of the hands into the hood in theoperation of subjecting the face of the person to the action of thesteam arising in and from the steaming vessel. The hood E is in practiceattached to the mouth of the steaming vessel A, and it is of suitabledimensions to accommodate the head of the person, while it is closed atevery point except as to the face opening F, so that inasmuch as theonly escape afi'orded to the steam is through the faceopening a veryeffective action thereof upon the skin of the face is produced.

The steaming vessel A rests on a base G, which in this example isprovided with a lamp II for h eating the Water supplied to the steamingvessel A for the purpose of generating the desired steam.

lxtending; through the side of the steaming vessel A is'a tube J, whichmay be of sheet metal or other like material and which has annpwardly-extending branch J, of indiarubber or other flexible material,terminating at a point within the face-hood E, where it is provided witha mouthpiece A This tube J is intended to be used for the purpose ofenabling the user of the apparatus to inhale fresh air from a pointexterior thereof while the head of the person is enveloped in theface-hood E, as indicated in Fig. I, and hence the tube constitutes abreathing device for the person using the apparatus.

The parts or sections J J J of the breathing-tube are connected to thebody of the steaming vessel A and to each other in such a manner as torender this tube detachable from the steaming vessel for convenience oftransportation of the apparatus, and the exterior part J of the tube isusually made of considerable length in order to bring the outer end ormouth thereof to a comparatively long distance away from the steamingvessel A, and thus lessen the effect of the heat radiatin g from thevessel on the air flowing inward and upward through the tube.

One of the purposes of the perforated false bottom B is to promote acirculation of the water supplied to the steaming vessel A therein,namely, through the holes in said false bottom, and with a tendency tofzeicilitate or hasten the generating of steam.

In order to permit of increasing the effect of the steam on the skin ofthe face, I have introduced into the steaming vessel A a holder orreceptacle K for a medicament of a volatile nature and which in itsevaporation shall carry its fumes with and commingle with the steamentering the face-hood E, the medicament thus coacting with the steam inits ac tion on the face. This medicament-holder K is more fullyillustrated in Fig. IV of the drawings, wherein the letter K indicatesthe main or body portion thereof, K a perforated partition therein witha central vertical ring for receiving and containing the desired inedicament, and a capK with a central hole or opening for the escape ofthe steam through the holder.

In the use of the apparatus the steam passes upward through theperforations of the partition K, thence over the medicament containedwithin the riu g upon said partition and thence through the opening inthe cap K, so that the steam becomes impregnated with the fumes of themedicament before it is re ceived in the face-hood.

- The base G with its lamp His used for con- Vcnience of supplying therequired heat to generate steam in the steaming vesselA; but it isevident that the said base may be dispensed with, in which event thesteaming vessel may be placed on an ordinary stove for generating thesteam WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

In a face-steaming apparatus, the combination of the steaming vessel asA, the medicament-holdertherein, composed of the main portion A theperforated partition K with its central ring and the cap I with thecentral escape-hole; the face-hood as E, upon said vessel With anopening to admit the head of a person, said hood being otherwise closed,and a breathing-tube extending through the side of the steaming vesseland thence upward into the hood, substantially as and for the purposeherein described.

OSCAR A. VEISSENBORN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. 0015:, CHAS. WAHLERs.

